GOLDEN MEADOW, LOUISIANA—
Delmar Systems, Inc
Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate · Amputations
Final narrative
An employee was returning to work from lunch. While talking to another employee on the other side of a closing access gate, the employee leaned against the gate before it completely stopped. His left hand was caught in the top roll bar of the gate, crushing the left fourth digit and requiring an amputation of the tip.
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